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Soldier in God's Army

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Lots Of Walking

6 de Agosto, 2012

So if you didn't believe me the
first time I told you we walk a lot in this mission, check out the
attached pictures. I've completely busted my pair of shoes. I started
using them went I entered the MTC, but those first 2 months don't really
count as we sit in desks all day. So pretty much in 2 and a half months
I completely tore up my shoes. They aren't even attached to the soles.
Pretty awesome, huh? The rubber on the bottom also has huge holes, and
you can see completely through in 4 different places if you remove the
in-sole.

My feet are doing better. They still
hurt when we walk, but I fight through the pain. Last Tuesday we
ordered custom orthodics, and tomorrow (Tuesday) they will be ready so
we're gonna go pick them up. After that, hopefully my problems will be
solved.

We have another baptism coming up this
Saturday! Francisco has been to church 2 times, has all the lessons,
and is really firm in the gospel. He said lots of his friends were
persecuting him and telling him this church isn't true and a bunch of
stuff, so he went to his house and prayed, and felt really strongly that
it was true, and he had a great conversion experience.

Maria
de Jesus went to church as well, but she was scheduled to operate
today, and will have to recover in her bed without moving for about 3
months, maybe more. She will have to wait to get baptized then. She
really wanted to last Saturday, but the rule is 2 weeks of going to
church before baptism. The Assistants to the president said it would be
better to wait than to make an exception to the rule.

We
picked up an old investigator this week, named Thalia. Her husband,
Oscar, is an active member. They have 2 really young kids, and they all
come to church almost every Sunday. The problem with Thalia before is
that she refused to pray, whether it be as a family, with the
missionaries, or even personally. We think she might have been afraid or
something, who knows. Last week we went to their house and taught a
lesson on Obedience and Loving God (and how we show it through prayer).
Finishing the lesson, we started to ask Thalia to pray when Oscar
interrupted us and said to his 2 year old son Oscarin "come here
Oscarin, your momma's gonna say the prayer". When Oscarin came, we all
folded our arms (including little Oscarin), closed our eyes, and waited.
5-10 seconds of silence later, Thalia started to pray, and when she
finished, Elder Lopez and I felt like we had hurdled a 100 foot high
wall. Finally, Thalia is progressing! She went to church yesterday, we
have an appointment this week, and we're gonna set a baptismal date with
her in that appointment.

Saturday, with
family Ayala (a recently converted family), we learned how to make
gorditas! I'm definitely gonna make some when I get back to the USA. Not
only did we make them, we ate some as well... and they're Magically
Delicious!

This is the start of the last week
of this transfer. We still don't know if our companionship is gonna
change or if one or the both of us is gonna remain here in Guadalupe.
We're gonna find out Sunday. If we have changes, Monday morning is the
departure time.

I hear USA is winning in the Olympics! Everyone here tells me "your country is winning....where is Mexico in the competition?".

Also,
I'm thinking of buying a Man-Bib. Every other day or so I spill some
kind of sauce or something on why white shirt. I guess I still haven't
learned to eat messy food. It'll be a little ridiculous, pero creo que
valerà la pena.

Well that's about it for this week. If you want more, ask questions. Until next week!